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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBosnia & HerzegovinaSpain
51,1813,81140,378
52,7823,90140,563
54,4533,91940,775
56,1703,92341,433
57,8603,94042,205
59,5993,97542,869
61,4743,99143,672
63,4793,99344,370
65,5903,99045,246
67,8003,98745,993
70,1143,98546,378
72,5503,98346,573
75,1383,98046,746
77,7923,97746,777
80,5343,97346,603
83,3683,96846,465
86,2293,96346,420
89,1933,95746,460
92,2093,95146,543
95,2323,94446,739
98,3203,93747,116
101,4993,92947,366
104,7673,92147,342
108,1713,87647,625

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.